The song "Monster" by The Automatic has been stuck in my head today (listen on Myspace). The chorus -- what's that coming over the hill, is it a monster? -- is just really catchy. Hopefully it'll be stuck in your head too! … [Continue reading]

About a week ago we started noticing some portulaca plants growing between the bricks of our patio. Here's one that just started flowering:
As of this morning we have over 20 plants growing wild - now that is my kind of weed! … [Continue reading]

This morning I was using Google maps, and while there, I checked out the updated satellite imagery of South Africa. The resolution is really pretty amazing. Below I posted two screenshots that give you an overhead perspective of one part of our 2004 … [Continue reading]

Before moving to North Carolina, I used to casually assume that stuff we ordered online would get to us in one piece, undamaged.
Ha! Ahhhhh! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Let's take a look at a few items we've received over the last year and a half, shall we?
The … [Continue reading]

Kenneth Cole for $30 at TJ Maxx. I've already been complemented on them twice this morning. :) Also starring in this photo: my blindingly white feet and the awful carpet in my office. … [Continue reading]